Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council rejects property tax increase
All but one member of the Centralia City Council told City Manager Lowell Crow at a budget work shop meeting Monday night that they would not support a property tax increase to begin addressing the ci...
Nov 24, 2020
Centralia High School waiving 1st semester exams for students with passing grades
Centralia High School students who are passing their first and second quarter classes won’t be required to take first semester exams. Superintendent Chuck Lane outlined the procedure at Monday n...
Nov 24, 2020
Farina teen captured after running from Salem Police at Walmart
An 18-year-old Farina man was arrested after allegedly fleeing through an emergency door at the Salem Walmart when a Salem Police Officer attempted to stop him on an outstanding warrant. The officer h...
Nov 24, 2020
Additional candidate files for Salem City Council on last day of filing
There will be a five-way race for the two open seats on the Salem City Council in April. Seth Dawson filed his petitions at City Hall on Monday. He will join incumbent Jim Koehler, appointed councilma...
Nov 23, 2020
Governor says state not out of woods even though COVID-19 numbers have improved
State officials warn that a few days of improved COVID-19 numbers doesn’t mean Illinois is out of the woods yet. The number of new cases and test positivity rate has been on the decline over the...
Nov 23, 2020
Thanksgiving Holiday closures and trash collection changes
Both Salem and Centralia City Hall will be closed on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. There will be no trash collection in either city on Thursday. Thursday pickup will now be on Frid...
Nov 23, 2020
Northbound I-57 closed three hours early Monday due to Jefferson County truck crash
State Police say northbound I-57 was closed to all traffic at mile marker 85 in Jefferson County early Monday morning. Preliminary investigation indicates a truck driven by 36-year-old Marvin Casey of...
Nov 23, 2020
Central Illinois man gets probation for threatening lawmaker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man who pleaded guilty to making a threat against U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis has been sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to undergo mental health c...
Nov 23, 2020
Nearly 700 mostly Chicago-area nursing home workers striking
CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly 700 nursing home workers have walked off the job at 11 mostly Chicago-area Infinity Healthcare Management facilities, saying they won't return until the company offers them highe...
Nov 23, 2020
Centralia City Council to declare Small Business Saturday and Jim Adams Day
The Centralia City Council Monday night are expected to pass a proclamation for Small Business Saturday-Shop Local and establishing today as James ‘Jim’ Adams day for his work in the commu...
Nov 23, 2020
